Therefore, unless driven to the last resort, no cultivator was willing to enter the "Wind God's Eye," and thus very little "Heavenly Wind Bamboo" could be harvested.
The two remaining stalks of "Heavenly Wind Bamboo" in the Phantom Sect had been slowly accumulated and preserved over generation after generation.
Ordinarily, so long as cultivators had even a little confidence, they were reluctant to spend so many spirit stones to buy it. Even when Wei Zhongran had formed his Nascent Soul, after hesitating for a long time, he had ultimately been unwilling to part with the money.
Even with his wealth, he would still have fallen somewhat short and needed to draw heavily upon his Lineage's spirit stones, let alone ordinary Golden Core Realm cultivators.
The main reason was that Wei Zhongran possessed two dantians. The spirit stones he needed for daily cultivation were twice, or even several times, what others required.
On top of that, he had to consider pills and magic treasures for his disciples, so the spirit stones he could actually save were not very many.
There was another reason to consider before spending an enormous sum of spirit stones on "Heavenly Wind Bamboo."
A thousand-year-old stalk of "Heavenly Wind Bamboo" could only absorb part of the power of tribulation wind.
If the timing of its use was wrong, it might not even achieve ten percent of its effect. It had somewhat of the feel of chicken ribs—tasteless to eat, yet a pity to throw away.
Thus, when Li Yan disguised his appearance and went to Laojun Peak to buy it, he nearly made that deacon's jaw drop.
Every sect had rules like this: one could not investigate the privacy of what others purchased.
Therefore, disciples were permitted to conceal their true appearances when buying items they considered